Essays about: "harm principle"

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  1. 1. A Defense of the Permissibility of Prejudice

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Lucas Lainpelto; [2023]
    Keywords : Prejudice; stereotypes; epistemology; ethics;

    Abstract : This paper argues for the counter intuitive notion that some prejudice is morally justified. The argument is divided up into three parts: (1) what prejudice is, (2) the role of epistemology and (3) the final moral argument. The first section initially establishes a working definition which allows prejudice to be justified epistemically. READ MORE

  3. 2. Fiduciary Duty : Developing a Morally Worthy Account of an Economic Agent’s Duties to Stakeholders

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för praktisk filosofi

    Author : Carl Sandstrom; [2023]
    Keywords : Fiduciary Duty;

    Abstract : Fiduciary Duty is the legal obligation that economic agents must act in the best interests of their beneficiaries, however the legal definition is vague. There are two general categories of ways of interpreting Fiduciary Duty. READ MORE

  4. 3. FORCING A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION THROUGH INTERNATIONAL LAW

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Nicholas Gervais; [2023]
    Keywords : No-harm principle; Human rights; International Environmental Law;

    Abstract : Climate change is the defining challenge of this generation, and transforming our energy systems is the largest part of solving this challenge. Nations have pledged goals in the distant future, but these are insufficient to keep the planet below 2℃ of warming. READ MORE

  5. 4. Australia’s Covid-19 approach and its compatibility with John Stuart Mill’s Harm Principle

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Rachel Dahlqvist; [2022]
    Keywords : harm principle; J.S Mill; freedom of speech; Covid 19 pandemic; Australia; lockdown; vaccine passport; experiment of living; progressive being; state interference. Paternalism;

    Abstract : My aim with this essay is to investigate if Australia's approach; implementation of lockdown, vaccine passport and restriction of the right of assembly and the impact on public protest is compatible with John Stuart Mill's harm principle. I found a conflict between the individual freedom and harm to others. READ MORE

  6. 5. Design improvements for an Organ-on-chip system : Implementation and evaluation of a bubble trap

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för materialvetenskap

    Author : Albin Jonasson; Linnéa Soto Carlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Organ-on-chip; Microfluidics; Lab-on-chip; Lab-on-a-chip; bubble trap; epithelial; endothelial; cells; biomedical engineering; chip; TEER; Mikrofluidik; labb-på-chip; organ-på-chip; medicinsk teknik; medicinteknik; TEER; bubbelfälla; epitelceller; endotelceller;

    Abstract : The field of organ-on-chip is a relatively new area of research and builds upon the principle of engineering microfluidic systems to mimic the body’s internal environment as precisely as possible. Eventually these models could hopefully simulate whole organ-systems and enable the examination of the cell’s or organ’s reaction to foreign substances like new pharmaceuticals in a better way than current models. READ MORE